How to Change the Color Palette on Samsung Galaxy?

Do you want to customize your One UI 4.0 or later home screen based on Android 12? In this Android guide, you’re going to learn how to change the colour palette on Samsung Galaxy phones.

Samsung One UI 4.0 is built on Android 12 and includes new features to enhance the user experience. The list of new features is long, but the Colour Palette function, with its incredible distinctiveness, has earned its own spot.

The Samsung One UI 4.0 color palette function allows you to customize the color of your smartphone’s user interface based on the color of your current wallpaper. Once configured, the system will produce five different color palettes for dark mode, including main, secondary, and color palettes. The modifications are visible in the Quick Settings panel, Settings menu, Dialer, and app icons, as tested.

One UI 4.0’s color palette is based on Android 12 Material You Design, which changes the color of all UI components based on the look of the home screen wallpaper.

Samsung One UI 4.0’s new color palette system not only enhances the user interface but also maximizes the whole UI design for varied moods.

How to Change the Colour Palette on Samsung Galaxy Phones

One UI 4 uses multiple accent colors in the wallpaper to create a color palette for your Samsung Galaxy device, just like Android 12. For example, if you choose a wallpaper with blue and green hues, your device will propose colour palettes that include those tones. The palette you select will appear in many aspects of the UI, including the notification menu, system applications, and settings. Certain third-party applications that currently use Android 12’s Dynamic Color will also read and apply the colour palette.

So, here are the steps to set the colour palette on a Galaxy device running on One UI 4.0 based on Android 12:

Step 1. Open the Settings app and then tap Wallpaper and style. Alternatively, tap and hold on to an empty area of the home screen and then tap Wallpaper and style or Wallpapers.

Wallpaper and style

Step 2. Select Colour palette.

Colour palette

Step 3. Pick a color scheme that you prefer. 

Step 4. You can also apply palette to app icons as well.

Step 5. Once finished, tap Apply.

Apply Colour Palette

Remember that only stock applications and icons will be affected by the colour palette updates. The app icons and colors may not change if you use the Galaxy Themes store to apply a Samsung theme. The modifications should still be visible elsewhere, such as in your Quick Settings window.

Here’s what the new color palette looks like on a Samsung Galaxy phone:

Change Colour Palette on Samsung

That’s it. These were the steps to change and use the colour palette on Samsung Galaxy running on One UI 4.0 based on Android 12.

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